FundingWatcher vs Dealroom
FundingWatcher figures counted from the file dated 23 October 2026. Dealroom cells state what dealroom.co publishes, read on 5 September 2026. A cell reads check where the site does not state the figure: 8 of 16 rows here.
FundingWatcher
FundingWatcher is a research publication of Haus Research covering startup funding rounds and the investors behind them. The investor file holds 79,515 entries with investor type, investment stage, headquarters city, region and country, founding year, website and the counts of recorded investments, lead investments and exits. The startup file holds 166,525 companies whose most recent round is dated and named as a stage the site publishes. Both halves are published as list pages, plus one page per figure, and every page prints the data date.
Dealroom
Dealroom is a data platform for startups, high growth companies and venture capital, founded in Amsterdam in 2013. Its about page states 3.2M+ companies tracked, 225K investors mapped and 100+ ecosystem partners, and says the data is gathered from news, company filings, registries, job boards, web analytics and investor portfolios.
Read at dealroom.co.
Row by row
| Row | FundingWatcher | Dealroom |
|---|---|---|
| Investor entries | 79,515 entries. An entry is a firm, fund, accelerator, corporate venture arm or a named person recorded as an investor. | 225K investors mapped, stated on the about page. |
| Investor types | 22 types. Venture capital firms 24,254; Angel investors 23,916; Private equity firms 9,693; Investment partners 6,734; Startup accelerators 3,207. | check |
| Investment stages | 13 stages. Seed 50,175; Early stage venture 35,284; Private equity 12,036. | check |
| Cities | 5,219 cities. New York 4,967; San Francisco 4,046; London 3,492; Los Angeles 1,390; Singapore 1,084. | check |
| Countries | 167 countries. | check. The about page states 100+ ecosystem partners, which is not a country count. |
| Most active investors | Y Combinator 8,719; Techstars 6,842; National Science Foundation 4,642, by recorded investments. | check |
| Data date | 23 October 2026, printed on every page. | check |
| Counting rules | Stated on the method page. An investor is counted once per type and once per stage it carries, so type and stage counts add to more than 79,515. Location counts use the headquarters address only. | check |
| Limits | Stated on the method page. A count of recorded investments counts what the source records, not every investment made. 31,384 entries carry no website. An investor with no published location is absent from every location count. | check |
| Citation line | Yes. Every figure page prints a line with the number, the data date and the URL. | check |
| Readable without an account | Every page. No login, no trial, no gate. | The pricing, about and product pages served us. The homepage answered HTTP 403. |
| Round by round history | No. The startup file carries the most recent round only. | Yes. Funding rounds are stated on the product page. |
| Valuations | No, apart from the billion dollar mark used to count unicorns. | Yes, stated on the product page. |
| Contacts | No. No email addresses and no phone numbers. Individual people are not published. | Business email credits, 3,000 on Premium and 10,000 on Premium Plus. |
| API | No. | Yes. Full API access on Enterprise and a hosted MCP server at mcp.dealroom.co. |
| Price | Free. Nothing on the site is sold. | Premium EUR 12,600 a year, Premium Plus EUR 17,000 a year, both from three seats. Enterprise and API are custom. |
What FundingWatcher answers
| Question | Answer | Page |
|---|---|---|
| How many venture capital firms are headquartered in London? | 1,053 | Venture capital firms in London |
| How many investors record a seed stage? | 50,175 | Seed investors |
| How many angel investors are on file? | 23,916 | Angel investors |
| Which city holds the most investors, and how many? | New York, 4,967 | Cities with investors |
| Which investor has the most recorded investments? | Y Combinator, 8,719 | Investors |
What Dealroom carries that FundingWatcher does not
- 225K investors mapped and 3.2M+ companies tracked.
- Funding rounds, valuations and business models, stated on the product page.
- Business email credits, 3,000 on Premium and 10,000 on Premium Plus.
- A REST API, a hosted MCP server at mcp.dealroom.co and real time data sync on the enterprise plans.
- Ecosystem platforms run with cities, regions and government partners.
Method
Dealroom cells come from dealroom.co itself, fetched on 5 September 2026 with no account and no login: dealroom.co/pricing, dealroom.co/about, dealroom.co/product/data. Where a page does not state a figure the cell reads check rather than a guess, and a number quoted from a third party is not used at all. FundingWatcher cells are counted from the file dated 23 October 2026 by the same code that writes the dated snapshots. Counting rules and what the figures cannot say are on the method page.